Appeal No. 2004-1707
Application No. 09/127,688
1. A printer for transmitting a synchronizing signal to a
host computer, using a sampling signal to detect data including
command data and print data, which is transmitted from the host
computer in synchronization with the synchronizing signal,
generating image data from the detected data, and performing
print processing based on the image data,
wherein a frequency of the sampling signal is higher than a
frequency of the synchronizing signal.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Egawa et al. (Egawa) 4,930,087 May 29, 1990
Ishida et al. (Ishida) 5,905,759 May 18, 1999
(filed Aug. 07, 1996)
Claims 1 through 4 and 35 through 40 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Egawa in view of
Ishida.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 35,
mailed February 10, 2004) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejection, and to appellants' Brief (Paper
No. 34, filed November 24, 2003) and Reply Brief (Paper No. 37,
filed April 6, 2004) for appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the claims, the applied prior
art references, and the respective positions articulated by
appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of our review, we
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